John Di Giacomo – Practical Ecommercehttps://www.practicalecommerce.com
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1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.4.1How to Plan for the Death of a Business Ownerhttps://www.practicalecommerce.com/plan-death-business-owner
https://www.practicalecommerce.com/plan-death-business-owner#commentsWed, 17 Jan 2018 14:33:50 +0000https://www.practicalecommerce.com/?p=146460The combination of a busy travel schedule and the death of my mother has kept me from writing this column. But these have also given me time to reflect on my own preparedness for life's unforeseen events. With this post, my hope is that others can learn from my reflection and better protect their businesses and families.

]]>https://www.practicalecommerce.com/plan-death-business-owner/feed2Legal: Protect Against Counterfeit Goods with Amazon Brand Gatinghttps://www.practicalecommerce.com/legal-protect-against-counterfeit-goods-with-amazon-brand-gating
https://www.practicalecommerce.com/legal-protect-against-counterfeit-goods-with-amazon-brand-gating#commentsWed, 06 Sep 2017 13:05:55 +0000https://www.practicalecommerce.com/?p=141508There is no question that service providers like Amazon must constantly be on guard against nefarious third party sellers who might use their service for unlawful means. In order to ...

]]>https://www.practicalecommerce.com/legal-protect-against-counterfeit-goods-with-amazon-brand-gating/feed1Legal: Removing Bad Reviews Not So Easyhttps://www.practicalecommerce.com/legal-removing-bad-reviews-not-so-easy
Thu, 03 Aug 2017 18:47:52 +0000https://www.practicalecommerce.com/?p=140133I recently had a terrible customer service experience when purchasing from a well-known ecommerce company. The experience was so bad that it compelled me to write not just one poor ...

]]>https://www.practicalecommerce.com/why-use-amazons-brand-registry/feed3Applying the Uniform Commercial Code to Ecommercehttps://www.practicalecommerce.com/applying-the-uniform-commercial-code-to-ecommerce
Fri, 19 May 2017 12:25:18 +0000https://www.practicalecommerce.com/?p=137731Consumers and ecommerce merchants often take the complexity involved in buying a product online for granted. But behind the ease of the one-click checkout and free shipping is 65 years of ...

]]>Will New F.C.C. Policies Impact Ecommerce Merchants?https://www.practicalecommerce.com/Will-New-F-C-C-Policies-Impact-Ecommerce-Merchants
https://www.practicalecommerce.com/Will-New-F-C-C-Policies-Impact-Ecommerce-Merchants#commentsFri, 21 Apr 2017 10:58:13 +0000https://www.practicalecommerce.com/?p=136493Big changes are coming to the U.S. Federal Communications Commission, and some may have ramifications for ecommerce merchants. With the appointment of Ajit Pai as the chairman of the F.C.C.,

]]>https://www.practicalecommerce.com/Will-New-F-C-C-Policies-Impact-Ecommerce-Merchants/feed2Legal Issues for Membership-based Ecommerce Siteshttps://www.practicalecommerce.com/Legal-Issues-for-Membership-based-Ecommerce-Sites
https://www.practicalecommerce.com/Legal-Issues-for-Membership-based-Ecommerce-Sites#commentsFri, 17 Mar 2017 12:50:14 +0000https://www.practicalecommerce.com/?p=135470Membership-based ecommerce websites — those that offer products, services, or additional benefits to members — have their own set of complex legal issues that do not apply to traditional online retailers.

]]>https://www.practicalecommerce.com/Legal-Issues-for-Membership-based-Ecommerce-Sites/feed1E.U.’s New Data Protection Law Affects Companies Worldwidehttps://www.practicalecommerce.com/E-U-New-Data-Protection-Law-Affects-Companies-Worldwide
https://www.practicalecommerce.com/E-U-New-Data-Protection-Law-Affects-Companies-Worldwide#commentsWed, 08 Mar 2017 12:54:02 +0000https://www.practicalecommerce.com/?p=135019You should read this article. You should take it seriously. I’ll admit it — we lawyers are risk averse. We tend to prepare clients for the terrors in the night ...

]]>https://www.practicalecommerce.com/E-U-New-Data-Protection-Law-Affects-Companies-Worldwide/feed2Legal: Protecting Against Idea Misappropriation Claimshttps://www.practicalecommerce.com/Legal-Protecting-Against-Idea-Misappropriation-Claims
https://www.practicalecommerce.com/Legal-Protecting-Against-Idea-Misappropriation-Claims#commentsTue, 17 Jan 2017 14:26:07 +0000https://www.practicalecommerce.com/?p=132909Ideas are cheap. But ideas can also help an ecommerce company improve its products and services. Often a merchant’s customers or partners are in the best position to provide such ...

]]>https://www.practicalecommerce.com/Legal-Protecting-Against-Idea-Misappropriation-Claims/feed1End-of-year Legal Checkup, for Ecommercehttps://www.practicalecommerce.com/End-of-year-Legal-Checkup-for-Ecommerce
Wed, 21 Dec 2016 12:54:29 +0000https://www.practicalecommerce.com/?p=132032It is that time of year — an opportunity to spend time with family, reflect on the successes and failures, and make plans for 2017. It is also time to ...

]]>How to Respond to a Breach of Customer Datahttps://www.practicalecommerce.com/How-to-Respond-to-a-Breach-of-Customer-Data
https://www.practicalecommerce.com/How-to-Respond-to-a-Breach-of-Customer-Data#commentsTue, 22 Nov 2016 16:41:19 +0000https://www.practicalecommerce.com/?p=131060Data breaches seem to be the norm these days, whether they are at Yahoo, Home Depot, or, more recently, Michigan State University. And ecommerce merchants are not immune. My firm ...

]]>https://www.practicalecommerce.com/Understanding-Email-Anti-spam-Laws-in-U-S-Canada-E-U/feed2The Anatomy of an Amazon Legal Disputehttps://www.practicalecommerce.com/The-Anatomy-of-an-Amazon-Legal-Dispute
https://www.practicalecommerce.com/The-Anatomy-of-an-Amazon-Legal-Dispute#commentsWed, 21 Sep 2016 07:16:23 +0000https://www.practicalecommerce.com/?p=127571I represent a number of sellers who utilize Amazon’s various services to increase their ecommerce sales. Though I often advise clients against relying on Amazon as their sole source of fulfillment or ...

]]>https://www.practicalecommerce.com/The-Anatomy-of-an-Amazon-Legal-Dispute/feed3How to Protect against Scraping of Prices, SKUshttps://www.practicalecommerce.com/How-to-Protect-against-Scraping-of-Prices-SKUs
Mon, 15 Aug 2016 08:00:13 +0000https://www.practicalecommerce.com/?p=126215Many ecommerce merchants offer a substantial number of SKUs through their stores. Inputting those SKUs into a database can be a time and labor intensive process. It can also be ...

]]>Understanding the New E.U. Privacy Shield, for Ecommercehttps://www.practicalecommerce.com/Understanding-the-New-E-U-Privacy-Shield-for-Ecommerce
https://www.practicalecommerce.com/Understanding-the-New-E-U-Privacy-Shield-for-Ecommerce#commentsMon, 18 Jul 2016 13:48:12 +0000https://www.practicalecommerce.com/?p=125186In “Electronically-signed Contracts Enforceable?,” I addressed the implementation of new e-signature requirements in Europe. Those requirements are part of wide-ranging changes in E.U. law. The newest, and perhaps most important,

]]>https://www.practicalecommerce.com/Understanding-the-New-E-U-Privacy-Shield-for-Ecommerce/feed1Legal: How to Sell (or Buy) an Ecommerce Businesshttps://www.practicalecommerce.com/Legal-How-to-Sell-or-Buy-an-Ecommerce-Business
https://www.practicalecommerce.com/Legal-How-to-Sell-or-Buy-an-Ecommerce-Business#commentsFri, 17 Jun 2016 11:57:35 +0000https://www.practicalecommerce.com/?p=124243For many ecommerce storeowners, the purpose of building their business is to eventually sell it. Other times, after creating a successful ecommerce venture, an entrepreneur may decide to move on to ...

]]>https://www.practicalecommerce.com/Legal-How-to-Sell-or-Buy-an-Ecommerce-Business/feed1Avoiding Copyright Infringement in Product Photoshttps://www.practicalecommerce.com/Avoiding-Copyright-Infringement-in-Product-Photos
https://www.practicalecommerce.com/Avoiding-Copyright-Infringement-in-Product-Photos#commentsTue, 17 May 2016 13:40:11 +0000https://www.practicalecommerce.com/?p=123169In the last few years, my law firm has handled a growing number of copyright infringement matters, including litigation, involving product photography. With increasing numbers of SKUs in ecommerce stores, the ...

]]>https://www.practicalecommerce.com/Avoiding-Copyright-Infringement-in-Product-Photos/feed3Electronically-signed Contracts Enforceable?https://www.practicalecommerce.com/Electronically-signed-Contracts-Enforceable
https://www.practicalecommerce.com/Electronically-signed-Contracts-Enforceable#commentsFri, 15 Apr 2016 12:08:19 +0000https://www.practicalecommerce.com/?p=122117When Shakespeare wrote “A rose by any other name would smell as sweet,” he was not writing about electronic signatures. But, thankfully, the law has mostly evolved to no longer ...